Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 35.2: Howick is younger than 90% of Canadian towns
Against a figure of 11% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Howick comes in at 4.8%. On the census count, 14% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have as many households in single-detached houses: 89% here, more than in 86% of Canadian towns. Some 4,517 people live in the town, by the estimate for July 2025.
What stands out about the people of Howick
Younger than most towns
Howick’s median age is 35.2; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 25% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Howick grew +4% from 2016 to 2021, faster than 52% of Canadian towns
The figures are the 2021 Census’s, except where another date is given. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
The July 2025 estimate adds another 12%. Across Ontario’s towns the median is +6%, and across Canada’s towns +4%.
Children under 15 make up 25% in Howick, more than in 97% of Canadian towns
Age bands of five years, the town’s bars against the typical town’s ticks.
Against a figure of 19% across Canada’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Howick comes in at 16%. The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Howick, 35.2. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Larger households than 90% of Canadian towns: 3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Where nearly one in ten households are one-parent families across Canada’s towns, Howick has 6.7%. For Howick, the census puts one-person households at 19%.
A higher share of married residents 15 and over than 85% of Canadian towns, at 57%
Residents 15 and over by marital status; the census counts common-law couples separately.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
The figure for common-law partners is 8.1% in Howick and 11% across Canada’s towns. Across the comparison, 46% of residents 15 and over are married across Canada’s towns.
Renter households: 16%, a lower share than 71% of Canadian towns
Occupied homes by type, by owners and renters, and by when they were built. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Older homes outnumber new: 48% predate 1961, 15% date from 2001 or later. Typically, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns. Households in buildings of five or more storeys are rarer here than in 74% of Canadian towns.
$84,000 a year: where the middle household sits
The income year is 2020: a year of pandemic benefits such as CERB, which the figures count. Income per household, before tax, with the groups it falls into.
Households by income · share of households
At $84,000, the middle household in Howick earned close to the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across Ontario’s towns, half of households had more than $91,600 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 17% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
4.7% of residents are immigrants
Immigrants, newcomers and movers.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Europe (62%) and in the Americas (31%). On residents without Canadian citizenship, Howick sits lower than 94% of Canadian towns: 0.7%. Of the immigrants living here, 5.3% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 79% of Canadian towns: 24%
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Indigenous residents: 1% here and 2.8% across Canada’s towns. Howick has fewer visible minority residents than 99% of Canadian towns, at 0.4%. Across Canada’s towns, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
75% have English as their mother tongue; 1.7% also speak French
Knowledge of the two official languages, first languages, and the language of home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
Residents whose mother tongue is French make up 0.5%, against 1.5% across Canada’s towns. 19% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 2.6% speak neither official language. Lower than in 98% of Canadian towns: 1.7% of residents speak English and French.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 8.4% in Howick, less than in 98% of Canadian towns
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 27% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
Employment: 68% of residents 15 and over had a job
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. The census’s labour rates, in brief. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
68% of residents 15 and over have a job; across Canada’s towns the typical share is 58%.
Youngest by rank: 7th of 41 towns of 4,452 to 4,594 people
Median age of the Canadian towns nearest in population; hover a dot.
Fairfield Park is the youngest of them at 31.6; Caraquet, at 54.4, the oldest. Felker (34.3), Raymond (35.2), Parkridge (36.7) and Albion (36.9): the towns nearest Howick in median age.
Every neighbour of Howick has an older population
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howick | 4,517 | — | 35.2 | 16% | 4.7% |
| Morris-Turnberry | 4,028 | 13.2 km | 40 | 22% | 5.9% |
| Wingham | 5,411 | 18.0 km | 44 | 23% | 6.2% |
| Palmerston | 10,029 | 18.6 km | 40.8 | 21% | 7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. For origins the charts stop at visible minority and Indigenous identity, and the Census Profile has nothing on unpaid care, cars or the internet, or on change by age since 2016.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Howick’s residents
What is the population of Howick?
About 4,517, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 4,045 people in Howick, 4% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Howick?
The median age is 35.2, younger than 90% of Canadian towns. 25% are under 15 and 16% 65 or older.
Is Howick bilingual?
1.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0% speak French only and 96% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.5%.
How diverse is Howick?
Immigrants: 4.7% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 0.4%. Indigenous identity: 1%.
What religion are people in Howick?
24% said they have no religion and 76% that they are Christian; 0.4% named another faith.
Is Howick good for families?
25% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 66% of households and one-parent families 6.7%. Schools near Howick are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Howick?
Half of Howick’s households had more than $84,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).